TripAdvisor Reviews Tambua Sands Sigatoka

Travel Blogs from Sigatoka

... for our last night in Fiji. The next morning we checked out and hung out with Dave and Elise a couple from the tour. They were flying out an hour ahead of us. We had lunch together then shared a taxi to the airport. Our plane was an hour late taking of but other than that everything went as it should. All in all our trip to Fiji was short and sweet. Along with the resorty holiday aspect we also got a glimpse of how the "real", outside the tourist industry Fiji is. ...

... a bit confused, because although we left on a Sunday night, we actually arrived on Tuesday morning. When flying west from America, you cross the National Date Line. Which means that technically we missed a day of our lives haha. Slightly confusing. So going through the airport was a breeze and we were greeted by 3 Fijians at the airport playing their Ukeleles in their bright blue Hawaiian style shirts singing away. Now everyone in Fiji says Bula. The actual meaning ...

... was only allowed to do 60km, the poor old dear. We arrived at the companies head office in Sigatoka to sign our consent forms. us females were given a Sulu that would have to be worn in the village. As their office was smack bang in the middle of a huge tourist shop we were encouraged to shop while we waited. They were wanting us to buy lollies for the kid in the village so I thought why not, I nearly died when they charged me $20.00 for two bag of ...

I woke up at 9:00am and got ready for today's activity, it was another cruise to the south sea island and I was very excited for it. I got a taxi to the designated arrival area and waited for the boat, again there were lots of children running around. The weather was again beautiful, warm and sunny and on the way to the island the water was very clear ...

Nothing to say about the flight to Fiji except that I went for the grilled steak - it might be my last for a while - and I drank the plane dry of that bubbly stuff that I'm partial to! I think that’s more to do with the scant number of bottles on the plane than my personal skills.

Fiji customs and baggage clearance was incredibly efficient. I was expecting Fiji time to kick in with the baggage side but I was landside super-fast. Dongle and SIM ...